Superboy settlement update

Blog@ has the latest news in a post by some guy.  The basics: as of Friday, June 27, there was no settlement. Settlement talks might continue, which is better than a complete breakdown. Meanwhile the legal back-and-forth continues. 

My aim in that post was to crank out a quick and crisp set of potential explanations for what's going on, though of course there are other possible explanations and, as they said in the old Miss Clairol commercial, only DC's hairdresser knows for sure. 

Since you're taking the trouble to read this here post, a possible bonus factor: the Superboy trademarks.  Ya wanna keep those suckers alive, and to do that ya gotta use 'em.  Keeping Superboy off the market--and signaling to the world that that's your plan as long as the rights are in dispute--could be cited as evidence that DC has abandoned the marks.

With regard to the behind-the-scenes legal sparring, those who immersed themselves in the March case would recognize the strategies and many of the citations. Time Warner is honing in on trademark and the pre-Action Comics #1 ads, which, as I noted before, could be seen as a weak spot in the ruling. The Siegels' lawyers are equally adept in parrying those blows. 

All in all, it remains a fascinating study not just in law, but the complex and irreducible dimensions of corporate ethics, creativity and personal identity.